joy... can you tell us if police are saying anything more about a motive at this point. thank you joy.we'll speak with

you again in about 20 minutes for an update on this developing story. the... ripken... released.. this statement: as... you...know,.../

our... mother... was abducted... at gunpoint... from her home... tuesday morning..../this... has... been a very trying time... for... our family,../. but... we're... grateful... and relieved... that... mom... is back with us,.../ safe and / healthy..../we... want... to thank everyone... for their tremendous support, .../ especially... all... the law enforcement agencies... that ...worked so hard and quickly.../.this... is... an... ongoing investigation, .../ so... we hope ...everyone understands ... we... cannot comment ...further at this time.../. thank you." police are asking anyone who has information on the abduction of vi ripken or if you think you saw that silver lincoln continental driving around.....you are asked to call 410 272-2121. and you can be the first to know about breaking news by signing up for fox45's "news on the go".text wbff to 45203 to sign up for text alerts.you can also download the fox45 app on to your smartphone.go to your app store and enter "wbff" to download our app. police are warning bank

customers tonight to be extra careful when using a.t.m. machines after 4 armed robberies. kathleen cairns has been following this story and says investigators say the same gunman may be responsible. kathleen: police sourcee tell us the theif is threatening the victims with a handgun.. the suspect always strikes at night.. and wears a variety of masks.. concealing his face in some way. the latest robbery happened at the m and t bank &pat the ingleside shopping center. police say there have been 4 armed robberies at a.t.m.s in the catonsville area. in all the cases, the armed gunman wore a mask.... it happened on a weekend... late at night. (cathy batton)"we are reminding everyone to use caution when using the atm after hours.. if you need money choose an atm in an area wll populated and well lit" tonight, baltimore county investigators say they hope anyone with any information about this dangerous masked gunman comes forward... metro crime stoppers is offering a two thousand dollar

reward if that tip leads to an arrest. kc fox 45 news at five. if yyu received a water bill that seems grossly over- inflated..you're in good company. buu as john rydell tells us... city officials are announning how they're resolving the problem...john... we've talked... to numerous homeowners in recent months...who have horror stories...about those high water bills. but many...are finally...getting relief... relief... 3 3 "$960.63."we first...told you aboutemma anthony's water bill blues...back in april. (anthony) "i went from 188 to 680 dollars? now 960 dollars...that don't make any sense."ms. anthony...is just one of thousands of

baltimoreans...who have been overcharged... for water. in fact... a city audit...revealed that customers...have been overcharged... by nine million dollars.the city blames a series of problems...including faulty meters...and...human errors.two employees were fired...after frabricating... meter readings."we have adjust our training and monitoring process."but the head of baltimore's bureau of water... and wastewater... is telling mayor stephanie rawlings-blake...those problems...are nowbeing corrected.rudolph chow... says he'shiring more meter readers...and...and 14,000 hard to find meters...inside buildings...are being rrplaced... with meters outside.(mayor) "we need to be accurate with our water bills and we need to make sure that the customers have trust and faith in the work that work that we're doing."water customers have received...more than four million dollars in refunds.but many other residents...are still due nearly five million dollars. (mayor) "these problems did not develop overnight and therefore we all know it will take time to correct."

but the mayor...says she's satisfied...that steps..."are" being taken...to ensure that folks...will "not" be charged...for water... they didn'' use. john rydell, fox 45...news at five. that brings us to our question of the day. do you think enough is being done to prevent overcharges on water bills? go to fox-baltimore dot com and tell us what you think. you can also sound off through facebook. send us a tweet.. at foxbaltimore. and you can text your answer to 45203. enter fox45a or yes.. or fox45b for no. the... head... of a foundation ... that... donated millions... to education ... is.. selected.../ as... the... "outstanding philanthropist"... of the year. year. edward ... st. john... was chosen ... for... the award... by the association... of... fundraising professionals...//. he's ... the... president and chairman... of... st. john properties.../ and... founder ...of the ... edward st. john foundation.../ which... has... donated ... nearly... 50--million dollars... to... education programs..../ "iq: there's other ways of giving..... oq: not just money." money." 3

st. john was selected by a... committee of... philanthropists,... business leaders... and... non-profits.../. how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?carrie peirce has our traffic edge report. report. mapfibermdotmdot map 3 a police chase a police chase that ends with

the officer and suspect going over a railing and falling hundreds of feet at niagara falls.the condition of both men tonight. and a huge scare... for one woman ... as... she spots... a mountain lion... in her neighbor's yard.../.turns out... it was not... what she thought... / why the 9-1-1 operator laughed at her. 3 --adblib weather tz-- [ male announcer ] millions of dollars for new schools and teachers...

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to vote "yes" on national harbor... a... stunning end ...to a police chase... / when... an officer... and the man... he was chasing.../ fall... into... a gorge ...at niagara f. falls.crews... extended... a firetruck ladder over the gorge... / and... lowered ... a stretcher... to rescue the officer...//. police... say... the officer and..... the man he was chasing... went over... a... retaining wall..../the... officer... was airlifted to the hospital... with a broken leg.../.the... other man... was ... dead at the scene. 3 did... a... message... detailing... the impending... colorado movie massacre... slip... thru... the cracks? exclusive... information... attained by... fox news... dot com .../ indicates... the... accused gunman... sent... a notebook... to... a university of colorado... psychiatrist... psychiatrist...and inside were chilling details foreshadowing the horrific event.mike tobin explains from aurora, colorado. colorado. the exclusive information obtained by fox news dot com... two law enforcement sources confirm the accused gunman in the colorado movie

shooting sent a notebook to a university of colorado psychiatrist at this building before the attack. one of the sources says the notebookkwas quote: "full of details about how he was going to kill people.." the sources say it was never delivered....and it's unclear áexactlyá how long the notebook sat in the mailroom. according to áoneá of the sources, police and federal agents were called to áthisá building on the university of colorado medical campus in aurora on monday. a psychiatrist there -- who is also a professor at the school -- said he received a package ábelievedá to be from the suspect, james holmes. áthatá package turned out to be harmless áandá from someone else. but a search of the campus services' mailroom turned up áanotherá package sent to the psychiatrist.... this one with holmes' name on it. law enforcement sources say inside the notebook were quote: "drawings of what he was going to do..." the illustrations depicting a gun wielding stick figure "blowing away" other stick figures. the news comes as the first funeral of one of the 12 victims was held today. 51year old gordon cowden was laid to rest in denver this afternoon... the family

requested privacy for the service. the aurora community also making a push to get the media to stop naming the shooter... and stop showing his images on t-v. families of the victims fear the media attention feeds into the accused shooters desire to be infamous. tobin says: "the accused gunman makes his next court appearance on monday, the judge has ruled ánoá cameras will be allowed inside the courtroom for the hearing. in aurora, colorado. mike tobin, fox news." earlier we told you about the efforts to avoid future overcharges for baltimore city water customers.and we asked in our question of the day if you thought enough was being do. done.scott wrote on facebook..."the city will not turn off the cash cow." cow." and natalie writes... stop taking people's money aad give them a refund. refund. a lot of angry response on this question and most of you don't thnk enough is being done.

go... to ...fox- baltimore dot com.../ . áátelláá us... what you think.../. áásoundáá off... thru facebook.../. áásendáá us... a tweet.../// ááandáá hear... your responses tonight.../ at 11. 3 this isn't little timmy ...in a well... / that's a huge bull..../the complicated process that went into rescuing the animal.. coming up. and later... we speak with with racing legend michael andretti.he'll explain why baltimore will not lose any money on this year's grand prix of baltimore. 3 --adblib weather tz--

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to rescue ...a.. 22-hundred pound... rodeo bull..../the... animal... somehow fell into the well... around eight o'clock..../veterinarians... sedated ...the animal to calm him down.../ then... crews ...strapped him to a harness ../ . and... gently ...lifted him... out of the well.../.the... bull... is expected... to make a full recovery. ----- adlib about story ----- -----halfway... thru... a hot week ... and... we get ...a.. cool d. down.but it won't last for long... here's chief for long... here's chief meteorologist vytas reid with when the hotter weather returns.

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the u-s army says a new device being tested has the potential to save lives in the field and millions of dollars in health care costs by killing off any diseases that the blood might be contaminated with. with.thanks to this ámarisol

pathogen reductive deviceá... whole blood that contains diseases such as h-i-v or hepatitis ác... will now be cleaned before being used... greatly reducing the chance of transmitting diseases through transfusions.here's how it works... a computer collects the blood, a solution is added...it's transferred to an illumination packet.. then they weigh it and input the information into the computer. it calculates how much time the blood needs to be exposed to u-v light to treat it. 53-102"this is transformational this is, this is a major game changer, not just in the military but also in the civilian blood bank aren" arena..."researchers say the key are these u-v lights, somehow this one hour process all but wipes the blood of dangerous pathogens. more than a third of births in the u-s... are unintended pregnancies. that's according to a new report... by the centers for disease control and prevention.in recent years... the make-up of women having these babies has

shifted from white... to hispanic. researchers find that unintended births cost about 11-billion dollars a year.much of the money comes from medicaid dollars. the... consumer... product safety commission ... announces... a... recall... of more than... 200-thousand ... "peg perego" ...strollers. ...strollers. there's... a ... risk of entrapment... and strangulation... for infants... younger than 12-months.../ if... they're not... harnessed properly.../. this... video .... shows... the two models ... being recalled... : the... vene--zia... and ... the ... plee-ko...-p-3 strollers...///. manufactured... between ...january 2004 and september 2007.../ consumers... are... being urged... to... call the company... for a free repair kit...///. kit...///.we've... posted... a phone number ... and... link to our website.../ just... go... to... fox baltimore dot com... slash newslinks. apple's... newest... operating system ... for... its line... of... mac computers ... is ...out today. today.the... tech giant... confirmed tuesday../. the... o--s--x... 10-point-8... "mountain lion"... went on sale... this morning...//.anyone ... buying... a... new mac... after june 11th... gets the upgrade free..../ new... features include... closer

integration... with i--phones... and i-- pads.../ and... easier access to social media. watch... your language./ it... could... cost you a promotion .. . or... your job.../ a... new... survey... finds... four-letter words ...could impact ... your professional image.../ big--time...// more... than... half of employers ...surveyed.../ said... they'd be... less likely... to promote someone ... who uses ...salty language..../ 104-118"we're all stressed, it's leaner workforces, we're doing more work, our workloads are increasing. but keep that level of professionalism. because what you think might be an ok word in the office, your co-worker might not, or your manager might not. " " by... the way... the... survey ...also found workers... in... d--c.../ are... the... most likely... to curse in the office. new information tonight on the upcoming baltimore grand prix... prix...why michael andretti is saying everything will work out just fine. 3

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geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. continuing with the top story today...cal ripken juniors mother... vi ripken was abducted from her home in aberdeen before being found ssa. sssfe.joy lepola.. live from aberdeen police station... in this developing story with more on how neighbors helped track vi ripken down... joy.